When Matt Wolf took on the daunting task of creating a documentary about the enigmatic Paul Reubens, the man behind the flamboyant and charming Pee-wee Herman, the filmmaker never could have ...

What was it like to work with Paul Reubens? The man behind Pee-wee Herman. Pee-wee as Himself is a beautiful, touching ...

Pee-wee as Himself,' a two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf premiering Friday on HBO, supplies a vivid portrait of Paul Reubens, who receded behind his character.

Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying.. On July 31, 2023, the news of Reubens' death came as a shock to documentary filmmaker Matt Wolf, who had spent a year trying to convince ...

The late actor Paul Reubens sat for more than 40 hours of interviews with documentarian Matt Wolf, whose two-part series Pee-wee as Himself is now showing on HBO. As viewers can see, getting at the ...

Of the very many famous people who admired the late comic actor Paul Reubens’ singular creation named Pee-wee Herman — among them Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, film director John Waters, Lily Tomlin, ...

On July 31, 2023, Matt Wolf received news that no documentarian wants to hear: The subject of his uncompleted film was dead. This was no mere talking head. It was a man who left an indelible mark ...

Matt Wolf Discovered Paul Reubens Died On Social Media. A caption at the beginning of Pee-wee as Himself indicates that the filmmakers were not aware during the making of the doc that Paul Reubens ...

Director Matt Wolf believes ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ is a complete documentary, despite never getting Paul Reubens to speak about his arrests.

When Matt Wolf took on the daunting task of creating a documentary about the enigmatic Paul Reubens, the man behind the flamboyant and charming Pee-wee Herman, the filmmaker never could have ...

Filmmaker Matt Wolf learned that Paul Reubens had died along with the rest of the world. By Associated Press | May 23, 2025. By Associated Press | May 23, 2025, at 1:35 p.m. Save Comment. More.